the results....

Tanner's Dr. called me last week. Unfortunately the steroids he's been taking have not made any difference....in fact his numbers are higher than the last scope in November. We think the acid reflux medicine he was last fall actually helped him better than the steroid so we will be changing him back to that medicine. He will see the Dr. in April {after tax season is over} and then will do some blood work to make sure his vitamin and mineral levels are all ok because the acid reflux medicine can make him prone to break a bone and have low potassium and magnesium. We are sad that the steroid didn't work, but we are hopeful that the medicine will help him not have as many symptoms.

He seems like he's been doing better. He doesn't complain as much and I think just knowing what he has is helping us manage it. He is growing and gaining weight so the Dr. is not worried about his diet at this point. We are so grateful for modern medicine and for living so close to Children's Hospital. We love the Dr.s there.

PS: I told Jason the results over the phone because I wasn't home and apparently he didn't tell Tanner so he is just now finding out as I was typing this.....oops, Sorry Bud. We didn't mean to leave you in the dark.

We are getting pretty good at this.....

{unfortunately!}

Tanner had another GI Scope this morning....we had to get up early and go down to the hospital, luckily we were ahead of the traffic and the snow {we are supposed to have a storm starting this afternoon}....then we had a LOT of waiting time....I tried to take a few pictures of Tanner, but he wasn't really having it today...he tried everything to avoid it, but I did get a few of us...

Doesn't he look happy?

Once we got back into the room, we had more waiting.....and he was pretty bored with all the waiting...he really wanted to just take a nap! {he usually gets to play with his 3DS or his I-pod, but he's grounded from them right now, so he had to just be bored}

I really like this picture, he was trying to avoid me taking his picture so he put the mask over the camera and this is what I got. pretty cool.

His procedure was SUPER FAST. He was only back there for about 40 minutes total before they were telling me he was done. He had a hard time waking up and he's had a really sore throat this time. We will know in about a week if the steroids have been helping...and what we are going to do next.

For now, we are just going to go take a nap!!